Cookies Policy

Consent

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookies Policy. You will see a pop-up to this effect on your first visit to this website; although it will not usually appear on subsequent visits, you may withdraw your consent at any time by following the instructions below.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a text-only string of information that is transferred to the "cookie" file of the browser you are using so that we and/or third-party systems can recognize your computer when you re-visit and remember certain information about you, such as which pages you visit, choices you make from menus, and the time and date of your visit.

Changing your cookie settings

Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. The following links may be helpful in understanding these settings. Otherwise, you should use the 'Help' option on your internet browser for more details.

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Safari

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to provide us with website usage and analytic reports, which necessitates us sharing your aggregated or de-identified data. You may choose not to share your data with Google by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which instructs your browser not to provide your website usage data to Google Analytics.

To opt out of Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Please visit the Google Analytics privacy policy available at https://policies.google.com/privacy for additional information regarding how Google processes and protects your data collected through Google Analytics.

By using our website, you consent to Google processing data about you in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Information Collected by our Analytics Software

Some of the cookies we use are ‘analytical’ cookies. Our analytics software, Google Analytics, allows us to recognize and count the number of visitors. This helps us to improve the way the website works. The following types of information are collected by our analytics software:

• User's demographic information, e.g., language preference and location (city, country/territory, continent, sub-continental region).
• User's technology, e.g., operating system, network/service provider (ISP and network host).
• Mobile information, e.g., whether the user accessed the website via a mobile device and, if so, the type of device (brand, service provider, operating system, and input selection method).
• Traffic source, e.g., direct (i.e., the user typed in the URL themselves) or referral (i.e., the user clicked on a link) and for referral traffic, the traffic source (search engine or link); also the Google search term (if applicable) that resulted in the link to the Website.
• Content viewed, e.g., pages, files, and directories clicked on, landing pages/exit pages, and search words (if any) used on the website.

Disabling cookies

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, please disable them by following the instructions for your browser. Information about the procedure you are required to follow in order to turn off cookies can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.

Please be aware that if cookies are disabled not all features of the website may operate as intended.

Updates to Cookie Policy

After your initial visit to this website, we may change the cookies we use. This Cookie Policy will always allow you to know who is placing cookies and for what purpose, and it will give you the means to disable them, so you should check it from time to time.